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Committee advances IVF bill after hours-long debate over definitions, donation and protections
Summary
SB156, a bill to update Louisiana law on in vitro fertilization, was reported to the House floor as amended after extensive testimony from medical providers, fertility advocates and religious and pro-life groups over definitions, donation/adoption language and viability standards.
The House Civil Law and Procedure Committee reported Senate Bill 156 as amended after a lengthy May 13 hearing that drew medical specialists, fertility advocates, faith-based organizations and pro-life groups to debate changes to Louisiana's decades-old IVF law.
Senator Thomas Presley, sponsor, said the bill "was written in response to an incident that occurred in Alabama" and described the measure as "a proactive approach to modifying the Louisiana law regarding IVF treatment." He told the committee the goal is to update practice-oriented language in statutes that date to the 1980s and to protect both patients and providers.
Proponents, including Katie Bliss, executive director of the Louisiana Fertility Alliance, and Dr. Jay Huber, a reproductive endocrinology specialist, described the bill as aligning statute with current…
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